Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090188763 | Magnetorheological fluid-based device having a magnetorheological piston assembly - A magnetorheological (MR) fluid-based device including an MR piston assembly. The MR piston assembly includes a ferromagnetic MR piston core and an electric coil. The MR piston core has a central longitudinal axis and has an outer circumferential surface substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis. The electric coil is positioned in the MR piston core and is substantially coaxially aligned with the central longitudinal axis. A portion, or at least a portion, of the electric coil is buried in the MR piston core under the outer circumferential surface. | 07-30-2009 |
20130169094 | Rotor Lamination Structure For Permanent Magnet Machine - A rotor structure is provided to block direct axis flux from a stator armature without reducing the main magnetizing flux from permanent magnet inside the rotor. For example, a rotor may be provided including a magnet and a non-magnetic region located radially between the magnet and an edge of the rotor. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169097 | LOW AXIAL FORCE PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINE - An electric machine includes a plurality of teeth separated by a plurality of slots positioned on an armature of the electric machine. Each of the teeth may include at least one bifurcation. A plurality of magnets may be arranged on a main field of the electric machine to form an axial array group. The magnets in the axial array group may be arranged in the main field with respect to each other to create a multi-stepped arrangement having a predetermined step angle. The step angle is determined based on the positioning of the bifurcations and the slots. | 07-04-2013 |
20130169101 | Permanent Magnet Rotor With Intrusion - A rotor for an electric machine is provided that includes a magnet and a non-magnetic region located adjacent the magnet. The non-magnetic region has an intrusion extending into the non-magnetic region. | 07-04-2013 |
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20090256391 | DOOR TRIM-INTEGRATED PELVIC IMPACT ENERGY-ABSORBING CONSTRUCTION FOR VEHICLE - An integrated door substrate and pelvic bolster is provided for use in a vehicle. The integrated component is formed from a polymerizable material by injection molding. The pelvic bolster is formed from thin lateral walls that buckle and tear under compressive loading. The pelvic bolster is designed to bend but not fracture under load, thus maintaining a continuous loading curve. | 10-15-2009 |
20090284041 | INTEGRAL PELVIC IMPACT ENERGY-ABSORBING PRE-CRUSH PROTECTIVE CONSTRUCTION FOR VEHICLE DOOR - A door trim substrate having a construction which includes, in combination, an energy-absorbing pre-crush protective portion and a pelvic bolster portion is provided for use in a vehicle. The pre-crush protective portion is configured so as to protect the pelvic bolster portion from pre-crush in a vehicle side-impact event. The pre-crush portion is defined by a rib cassette structure which is preferably integrally molded into the door trim substrate below the pelvic bolster portion. | 11-19-2009 |
20100171337 | MAP POCKET CLOSE-OUT AS INTEGRATED PELVIC BOLSTER FOR VEHICLE DOOR - An integrated combined extended map pocket close-out and pelvic bolster component for attachment to a door trim substrate used in a vehicle door is disclosed. The component comprises a map pocket close-out portion, a pelvic bolster portion, and a bridge connecting the map pocket close-out portion and the pelvic bolster portion. The pelvic bolster portion is substantially hollow and preferably defines a box. The component includes a plurality of walls and the thickness of some of the walls is greater than the thickness of other walls. One or more of the walls may be angled. The map pocket close-out portion has a depth and the pelvic bolster portion has a depth. The depth of the map pocket close-out portion is greater than the depth of the pelvic bolster portion. The one-piece component is a molded component formed from a polymerized material. | 07-08-2010 |
20110169302 | DOOR BLOCK ARRANGEMENT FOR ENERGY ABSORBING VEHICLE DOOR - An energy absorbing vehicle door having a door block strategically located within the door. The door block has an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion is wider than the lower portion and is attached to the inner panel of the door. A door beam is provided between the inner panel of the door and the outer panel. A portion of the door beam is positioned between the inner panel and the lower portion of the door block. The door beam may be attached to the lower portion of the door block. The attachment surface of the lower portion of the door block may have a geometry that is the same as or is substantially the same as the geometry of the door beam. | 07-14-2011 |
20110204679 | DOOR SPACER BLOCK DESIGN FOR SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION - A strategically located door spacer block for transferring door beam bend/king away from the occupant seating position is provided. The door spacer block is positioned between the door inner panel and the door outer panel and is aligned with the door beam. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention is placed between door inner panel and the door outer panel with the intention of minimizing effect that the bend/kink in the door beam has on the occupant loading. The door spacer block engages the door beam and transfers the effective position of the kink of the door structure in a side impact away from the occupant seating position, thus freeing up crushable space in the occupant loading zone. The door spacer block of the disclosed invention eliminates or delays the loading of the beam surface to the pelvis bolster material, thus enabling additional free-crush space and allowing for a lower force transfer to the occupant. | 08-25-2011 |
20120019026 | VEHICLE CROSS MEMBER ASSEMBLY WITH TUNNEL BRACKET - A vehicle cross member assembly is provided which includes first and second cross members each having first and second ends, and first and second connectors connects to the first ends of the cross member to vehicle structures. The assembly includes a bracket connected to a tunnel structure on a vehicle. The bracket includes first and second brackets for connecting the second ends of the first and second cross members. At least one of the first and second cross members is configured to move laterally inward and downward into the tunnel during a sufficient lateral impact of the vehicle. Additionally, one or more seats may be mounted to the cross members such that the seats move inward and rotate away from the point of impingement during a side impact event. | 01-26-2012 |
20130205546 | TRIM PANEL RETENTION ASSEMBLY - A trim panel retention assembly for a vehicle includes a retention bracket mounted to an inner door panel and a trim panel bracket mounted to a door trim panel. The trim panel bracket is proximate and spaced from the retention bracket such that the retention bracket deters the trim panel bracket and door trim panel from detaching from the inner door panel during a side impact collision. | 08-15-2013 |
20140265429 | SIDE IMPACT UPPER LEG PUSHER - Side structure for a motor vehicle includes an upper leg pusher located immediately outboard of a panel adjacent to a seat and inboard of a structural member such as a side impact beam. The upper leg pusher has a lower-stiffness portion adjacent to the rear section of the panel and aligned with an upper thigh position of the seat, and a higher-stiffness portion adjacent to the forward section of the panel, which is offset outboard relative to the rear section. When the structural component is urged inboard during a side impact event, the higher-stiffness portion of the pusher begins to urge the forward panel section inboard before the lower stiffness portion begins to urge the rear panel section inboard. The rear panel section may be located below an arm rest of a door, and the forward panel section may be forms a recessed surface above a storage pocket. | 09-18-2014 |
20150054265 | VEHICLE SIDE AIR CURTAIN WITH CONTROLLED PRESSURE CHAMBER - A vehicle side air curtain has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber, and an integral separate, self-contained controlled pressure chamber in limited fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side air curtain and disposed for impact by the head and upper thoracic region of a vehicle occupant. The main inflatable chamber is inflated to an initial pressure within an initial impact time period immediately following actuation of the inflator and a second lower stabilized pressure thereafter to extend the duration of the pressurization of the main inflatable chamber of the side air curtain beyond the initial impact time period. The controlled pressure chamber of the side air curtain is inflated to an initial pressure substantially lower than the first pressure of the main inflatable chamber and favorable to side impact occupant protection immediately following actuation of the inflator pressure. | 02-26-2015 |
20150061267 | VEHICLE SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG WITH LATERALLY EXTENDING THORACIC CHAMBER - A vehicle side impact airbag has an inflator, a main inflatable chamber disposed for contact with the side arm of the vehicle occupant when inflated, and a separate laterally extending thoracic chamber in metered fluid communication with the main inflatable chamber of the side airbag extending laterally into the passenger compartment. The laterally extending thoracic chamber of the airbag is disposed for contact with the lower thoracic region of the vehicle occupant below the occupant side arm when inflated, whereby the side airbag simultaneously engages the occupant lower thoracic region and side arm when inflated. | 03-05-2015 |
20150151616 | INTRUSION MITIGATION DOOR BRACKET - A vehicle includes a rocker panel and a pillar reinforcement extending in a direction transverse to the rocker panel. The vehicle further includes a door having a bracket disposed over an intersection of the rocker panel and the pillar reinforcement when the door is in a closed position. The bracket is configured to reduce intrusion propagation of the door toward a passenger compartment and redirect an impact load laterally along the rocker panel. | 06-04-2015 |